Red Star Over China

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The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism

By Edgar Snow

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Red Star Over China by Edgar Snow offers an insightful narrative about the early days of the Chinese Communist movement. Through interviews and firsthand accounts, Snow provides a rare glimpse into the lives of key figures like Mao Zedong, capturing the revolutionary fervour and challenges faced during a transformative period in China's history.
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You might enjoy this historical and military exploration if you're fascinated by first-hand accounts of revolutionary movements. This compelling narrative delves into the rise of Communism in China through the eyes of an eyewitness. Edgar Snow provides rare insights into key figures and the early days of the Chinese Communist Party, making it appealing to those interested in political history and cultural transformations.

Red Star Over China

One of the most influential books on Western understanding and sympathy for Red China in the 1930s.

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The first Westerner to meet Mao Tse-tung and the Chinese Communist leaders in 1936, Edgar Snow came away with the first authorised account of Mao's life, as well as a history of the famous Long March and the men and women who were responsible for the Chinese revolution. Out of that experience came Red Star Over China, a classic work that remains one of the most important books ever written about the birth of the Communist movement in China.

This edition includes extensive notes on the military and political developments in China, further interviews with Mao Tse-tung, a chronology covering 125 years of Chinese revolution, and nearly a hundred detailed biographies of the men and women who were instrumental in making China what it is today.

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Red Star Over China is praised for providing a groundbreaking account of Mao Zedong and his associates, offering both historical insights and foresight into the future. It has been described as a significant work that influenced global perceptions, recognised as an essential source on Mao's life, and lauded as a major journalistic scoop.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781611855128

Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 February 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Contributions by Dr John K. Fairbank

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 30.0mm

Width: 125.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 330g

Pages: 544

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Asian History Edgar Snow Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Edgar Snow, a native of Missouri, went to the Far East when he was twenty-two. He made his home in China for twelve years, studied the country and the language and lectured at Yenching University in Peking, where his friends included students who are among China's leaders today. As a foreign correspondent in China, Burma, India and Indochina, he worked successively for the Chicago Tribune, New York Sun, New York Herald Tribune and London Daily Herald. Then, as associate editor of the Saturday Evening Post, he reported wartime and postwar events in Asia and Europe and became its widely quoted specialist on China, India and the U.S.S.R. He is the author of eleven books, including The Battle for Asia, People on Our Side, Journey to the Beginning, Red China Today: The Other Side of the River and The Long Revolution. He died in 1972.